Improvement in scythe-snath fastenings



.P. B. RUDEL. Scythe-Snath Fastening. No. 212,513. Patented Feb. 18,1879.

N. PEYERS, PNOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. A Q

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

PETER E. RUDEL, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCYTHE-SNATH FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,513, dated February18, 1879 application filed September 23, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, PETER E. RUDEL, of Grand Rapids, in the county ofKent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Snath-Fasteners for Scythes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the craw, heel-plate, andsnath of a scythe, embodying the improvements in my invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a plan, of the same.

This invention has relation to craw-fastenings for scythes and itconsists in the improvements in the construction of the same hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in the several figures.

The snathAis provided with the heel-plate B, secured thereto by thebolts a a and collar 0. A transverse slot, D, is made through theheel-plate B and the snath A. The bolt a has the loop E, for holding theenlarged end of the craw F. The smaller end F of the craw F has theusual stud G, which enters and may be adjusted from side to side alongthe slot D. A bevel -headed bolt, H, beveled from the top of the headdownwardly toward the shank, as shown, also occupies the rear of theslot D, and is provided on its point with a nut I.

By the employment of the bevel'headed bolt H, it will be seen at aglance that the scythe may be clamped and held in any desired angle bysimply loosening the nut and adjusting the craw in the slot, and that,too, without loosening the loop.

This construction presents a cheap, effective, and desirable adjustablefastening.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a snath-fastening for scythes, the combination of the snath A, havingtransverse slot D, craw F, having stud Gr, bolt a having loop E, andbolt H, the head of which is beveled from the top downwardly toward theshank, and occupies the rear of the slot, substantially as and for thepurpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER E. RUDEL.

Witnesses:

GEo. G. WHITWORTH,

GEo. W. ALDEN.

